Carpet Museum of Iran

Tthe Iranian Carpet Museum is a repository of Iran's magnificent carpet heritage. It was built before the Iranian 1979 Revolution. While the museum houses stunning carpets, it's evident that it has suffered from neglect and mismanagement over time. These carpets are not only beautiful artworks but also symbols of Iran's rich culture. I hope for better preservation and care for these treasures to showcase Iran's heritage with the respect it deserves.

Located in Tehran, beside Laleh Park, and founded in 1976, the Carpet Museum of Iran exhibits a variety of Persian carpets from all over Iran, dating from the 16th century to the present.The museum's exhibition hall occupies 3,400 square metres (37,000 sq ft)and its library contains approximately 7,000 books.
The museum was designed by architect Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian. The perforated structure around the museum's exterior is designed both to resemble a carpet loom, and to cast shade on the exterior walls, reducing the impact of the hot summer sun on the interior temperature.

I have to write my review from 2 different aspects.
First of all, there are very beautiful and worthy carpets in this museum. The carpets talk about our history and culture and they introduce different regions.(5 out of 5)

The second aspect is guiding. Unfortunately there is no guide in the museum. There should be someone to inform the visitors about the history behind carpets.

But it is worth visiting there actually.

We visited the Carpet Museum of Iran this past weekend. It's not very big, not very well maintained and there's very little info about each individual carpet, but most of them are stunning works if art. If you got an hour or so to spare in downtown Tehran it's worth the visit.

Awesome experience seeing the manufacturing techniques from long ago and even still today. Thanks for the opportunity to experience your beautiful culture Iran 💚
A must to go to Esfahan to see the actual manufacturing of carpets but also metal works and arts

This museum is one of the most amazing places that I ever saw. They have enough historical Carpets that of you go different time to visit it, you will see new different carpets. Carpet is a combination of every kind of art, Iranian carpets are the oldest and most creative ones, Carpet Museum of Iran in Tehran could be one of your destinations when you are visiting Iran.
واقعا از تماشاي نمونه فرشهاي تاريخي موزه فرش تهران لذت بردم، جزو زيباترين و جذابترينهاست.

The museum's building has an area of ​​3400 square meters, and its perineum is a mosaic of carpets. The museum's designer is Abdul Aziz Faramanfarmaeian. The building has two halls and is used to display the carpets of handmade textiles and carpets. The ground floor of the museum is intended for the permanent display of 150 pieces of carpet and its second floor for holding seasonal and casual exhibits.

Museum features

Iran Carpet Museum is the most valuable Iranian carpet from the 9th century to the contemporary era and is considered a rich source of research for the researchers and art of friends. Usually about 135 boards of Iranian carpet masterpieces are displayed in the ground floor hall of the important centers of carpet weavers like Kashan, Kerman, Isfahan, Tabriz, Khorasan, Kurdistan and others. Also, Tabriz Carpet will showcase the view of every visitor in this exhibition. In this exhibition, examples of carpets of the Shahnameh Beyznghryh are displayed which depict the corners of literature, myth, religion, and rich Iranian art and culture.

In the museum's library, about 3,500 books in Farsi, Arabic, French, English and German are available to art historians and researchers. Research in the history, developments and historical quality of the carpet industry, especially in Iran, is the collection and purchase of samples of Persian carpets and the holding of temporary exhibitions from carpets in Iran and elsewhere in the world.